- [intransitive, transitive]
(especially of somebody’s body or head 尤指人的身体或头部 to lean, or make something lean, in a particular direction （使）倾斜，偏向 He bent and kissed her. 他低下头吻了她。 🔊🔊 The doctor told me to avoid bending and stretching. 医生告诉我避免弯曲和伸展。 - + adv./prep.
fields of poppies bending in the wind 一畦畦随风摇摆的罂粟 She suddenly bent over, clutching her stomach. 她突然弯下腰，紧紧抓住肚子。 His dark head bent over her. 他那黑色的头向她弯去。 🔊🔊 She bent forward to pick up the newspaper. 她弯腰去捡报纸。 🔊🔊 Slowly bend from the waist and bring your head down to your knees. 慢慢弯下腰，把头低垂到膝部。 🔊🔊 Keep your feet apart, and bend at the waist 分开双脚，弯曲腰部 - bend something
He bent his head and kissed her. 他低下头吻了她。 🔊🔊 - bend something + adv./prep.
She bent her head towards him. 她向他弯下腰。 She was bent over her desk writing a letter. 她正伏案写信。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesHe came closer and bent towards her. 他走上前朝她俯下身来。 I bent down and tied my shoelace. 我弯下身来系鞋带。 I had to bend double to get under the table. 我必须弓着身子才能钻到桌子底下。 Sarah bent close to him. 萨拉弯下身子靠近他。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slightly
- quickly
- swiftly
- …
- at
- towards/toward
- [transitive, intransitive]
if you bend your arm, leg, etc. or if it bends, you move it so that it is no longer straight （使四肢等）弯曲 - bend something
Bend your knees, keeping your back straight. 膝盖弯曲，背部挺直。 🔊🔊 Lie flat and let your knees bend. 平躺曲膝。 🔊🔊
- bend something
- [transitive] bend something
to force something that was straight into an angle or a curve 把…弄弯（或折起） Mark the pipe where you want to bend it. 在管子上把要弄弯的地方做个记号。 🔊🔊 The knives were bent out of shape. 那些刀已经弯曲变形了。 🔊🔊 He bent the wire into the shape of a square. 他把铁丝折成正方形。 🔊🔊
- [intransitive, transitive]
to change direction to form a curve or an angle; to make something change direction in this way （使）拐弯，弯曲
Word OriginOld English bendan ‘put in bonds, tension a bow by means of a string’, of Germanic origin; related to band ‘strip of material’.
Idioms
bend somebody’s ear (about something)
- (informal)
to talk to somebody a lot about something, especially about a problem that you have 向某人唠叨诉说（尤指自己的难处）
bend your mind/efforts to something
- (formal)
to think very hard about or put a lot of effort into one particular thing 致力于某事；专心致志 She bent her mind to the problem of escape. 她全神贯注于逃生问题。
bend/lean over backwards (to do something)
bend/stretch the rules
to change the rules to suit a particular person or situation 根据具体情况改变规则；通融 Couldn't they just bend the rules and let us in without a ticket? 难道他们就不能通融一下，让我们没票也进去吗？
bend the truth
to say something that is not completely true 扭曲事理；歪曲事实 I wasn’t exactly lying when I said I hadn’t seen her—I was just bending the truth a little. 当我说我没有见过她时，我并没有完全说谎。我只是在歪曲事实。
on bended knee(s)
if you ask for something on bended knee(s), you ask for it in a very anxious and/or humble way (= showing you think you are less important than the person you are asking) 下跪（请求…）；央求；苦苦哀求 I’d go down on bended knee if I thought she’d change her mind. 如果我认为她会改变主意，我会屈膝。